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CVE-2008-5689
tun in IP Tunnel in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_76 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly…
High7.2EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
tun in IP Tunnel in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_76 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIOCGTUNPARAM IOCTL request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 31% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 242266 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 1021464 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 4801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5949 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- solaris-iptunnel-code-exeuction(47449) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-015.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15962 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20081218 [TKADV2008-015] Sun Solaris SIOCGTUNPARAM IOCTL Kernel NULL pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 32904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 33160 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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